Arch-support for shoes and method of making the same.



H. PIESSENS.

AHcH SUPPORT FOR SHOES ANO METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18| 1918.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

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CH-SUPPGBT FOIt SHOES AND METHOD 0F MAKING THE SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedApr. 1l, 1919 Application led December 18, 1918. Serial No. 267,338.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY PIEssENs, a subject of the King of Belgium, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Arch-Supports for Shoes and Methods of Making the Same, of which the following 'is a specification.

This invention relates to shoes and a method of manufacturing the same and it contemplates -the provision of improved means for strengthening and supporting the parts at the arch of the shoe and also contemplates the provision of a new method of holding the parts in proper correlation during the manufacture of the shoe.

Further objects and advantages of the invention willWbe set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1, is an underside plan view of a shoe before the sole is applied and after the shoe has been lasted.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the insole of the shoe illustrating the manner in which a shank and arch support are held in assemlbled relation to the insole during the lasting operation, and

Fig.` 3, is a transverse vertical section through the arch of a shoe illustrating the Vrelation between the arch supporting elements of my invention.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

The improved means that I have devised for strengthening and supporting a shoe, and also the foot of the user, at the arch ofthe shoe, comprises a plurality of overlapping wings which extend up into the hollow at the inner side of the shoe and at the arched portion thereof. These wings are complementally formed upon the insole upon a metallic arch support and upon a shank In the drawing 5, designates the insole, and 6 the wing thereof. 0 7 designates a metallic arch support and 8 the wing thereof. 9 designates a leather shank and 10 the wing t ereof and when the parts are brought into the position indicated in Fig. 3 these several wings lie'in overlapping relation and projectup into the hollow at the inner side of the shoe as before stated. When bringing the parts to the assembled relation illus- -trated in Fig..3 the metallic arch support 7 is first secured to the insole 5, by stitching indicated at 11. The shank 9 is also secured to the insole 5, by stitching indicated at 12. 'Phe shank may also be stitched at 13 if deslred. In lasting two rows of stitching are employed; namely an outer row 14C and an inner row 15. The outer row 14 passes through the welt 16, through the upper 17, and through the insole 5, at the outer side of the shoe as indicated at the right hand side of Fig. 3 while this row of stitching 14 at the inner side of the shoe passes through the welt 16, through the upper 17 and through the shank but 4does not extend to the insole 5, because the metallic arch support 7 lies between the wing 10 of the shank and the insole at this point. The inner row of stitching indicated at 15 lies outwardly of the metallic arch support 7, at the outer side of the shoe and at this point passes through the shank 9 and through the insole 5 but misses the arch support 7 ,while toward the inner side of the shoe this row of stitching 15 passes only through the shank and a fabric cover 9a secured to the shank, at those points where the metallic arch support 7 underlies the shank, though beyond each end of the metallic arch support this stitching passes through both the shank 9 and the insole.

It will thus be seen that the securing of the shank 9 to the insole 5, by the stitching 12 and 13 after the metallic arch support has been secured in assembled relation to the insole 5 by the stitching 11, holds the several parts in properly assembled relation and insures thatwhen the upper'and welt are lasted to the insole, all of the parts will be permanently secured in exactly the proper place to perform the functlon for` which they are intended.

It will also be seen that the several wings 6, 8 and 10 mutually act to form a stiff,

curved strengthening and bracing portion which -fits the hollow at the inner slde of the foot of the wearer of the shoe and supports the arch of the foot in a very eifectlve manner.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but that it includes within its pur'- view whatever changes fairly come within the spirit of the appended claims.,

Having described my inventlon what I claim is, l

vLA shoe comprising an insole, a shank arch support having a wing, and a shank having a wing and stitching temporarily securing these several elements together. with their wings in overlapping relation,y

whereby they are held in assembled position during the lasting operation.

8'. A shoe comprisin an insole, a metallic arch support and a s ank, each having a wing and the several wings lying in overlapping relation, means for uniting the shank at its ends to the insole at a point beyond the metallic arch support7 an upper and a welt and stitching traversing the upper and the welt and the insole at a point outside the arch support alongone side of the shoe, said stitching traversing the welt,

4the upper and the shank only at the opposite side of the Shoe.

4:. The herein described method [which consists oftemporarily attaching a metallic arch support to an insole and of temporarily attaching a shank to the insole at points outside of said arch support, the arch sup'- port lying between the insole and the shank, and lasting the shoe with support in this position.

In testimony whereof l ax my signature.

HENRY Pinssnrvs. 

